The ''League of Legends'' SEA Tour (LST) was a professional ''

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tournament in

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that was founded in 2018 by

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as a replacement for the

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(GPL). The competition consisted of teams who qualified through the LST qualifiers of each minor region:

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–

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–

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, and

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. Winners of the LST represented Southeast Asia at the

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and

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. It was announced in September 2019 that the LST would be merged with the

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(Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau) to create a new professional league for all Garena-affiliated regions (excluding Vietnam), the

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(PCS).

Minor regions of the LST

In 2019, based on the League of Legends local servers in Southeast Asia that have been released by

, LST is divided into some minor regions. Each region will have one spot in the spring season, while in the summer season it will be decided based on the results of the spring season. In May 2019, Indonesia's local server for ''League of Legends'' was closed by Garena. Indonesian players were transferred to the SAM server (Singapore & Malaysia) and Indonesia was merged with Malaysia–Singapore to form a single minor region for the 2019 Summer Season.

Format (2019 Summer)

Ranked Qualifier (Stage 1): * Teams can register online and gain points by playing Ranked Solo Queue at local server: PH server (Philippines), TH server (Thailand), SAM server (Singapore & Malaysia, merged with Indonesia since May 2019). * Top 7 teams of PH server, TH server and top 6 of SAM server with the highest points qualify for Stage 2. National Qualifier (Stage 2): * 8 teams participate in each minor region: ** Some qualified through Stage 1. ** Runner-up teams of Spring National Minor are invited. * Double Elimination. * Finals are best of three, all other matches are best of one. * 4 winners qualify for Main Season: 1 from Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore, 1 from Philippines, 2 from Thailand. Main Season – Group Stage (Stage 3): * 8 teams participate: ** 4 winner teams of Summer National Qualifier (1 team from Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore, 1 team from Philippines, 2 teams from Thailand). ** 4 teams are invited from Spring Season (winners of Spring National Minor). * Single Round Robin. Matches are best of three. * Top 6 teams advance to Play-off Stage. Main Season – Play-off Stage (Stage 4): * Top 6 teams from Group Stage participate. * Single elimination bracket. Matches are best of five. * Winner will represent Southeast Asia at the 2019 League Of Legends World Championship.

Results

(*)Team disbanded prior to the following season

References

External links

* {{Professional League of Legends competition Sports leagues in Asia League of Legends competitions